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ROOFING. No. 362,732. Patented May 10, 1887 Jig/l.

WITNESSES:

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UNITE STATES.

ATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. FAY, OF CAMDEN, NEV JERSEY.

ROOFING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.362,732, dated May'lO, 1887.

Application filed November 19, 1886. Serial No. 219,397. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. FAY, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Camden, State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Roofing. which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a top or plan view of roofing embodying myinvention. Fig. Zrepresents a section in line 00 00, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the two figures.

My invention consists of a roofing formed of sheets which are secured in position by clips, whereby the same is water and air tight, easily made, and of light and inexpensive nature.

Referring to the drawings, A representsthe covering-board or top portion of a roof, the same being of usual construction.

B represents a sheet of roofing-paper or other suitable material, which is'bent around the lower end of the board A and placed on the top thereof, as at a, after which it is doubled on itself, as at b.

0 represents a metallic clip of angular form, the same being nailed to the doubled material I), the nails employed being driven into the board A. The sheet is folded or bent upwardly over the clip 0 and laid on the board, its upper end being doubled, as at O, and the end of another sheet of roofing material is inserted in the doubled or folded end 0. A clip, 0, is placed on the doubled or folded ma terial at O and nailed thereto, the nails entering the board. The second sheet is now bent upwardly over the clip and continued upwardly, and the operations may be repeated until the roof is completely covered.

If desired, the sheet, ifsufficientlylong, may be continued from bottom to top of the roof, and doubled and folded at intervals, and secured thereat to the board by clips 0, firmly connecting the sheet with the board and pre venting the same from being raised by the force of the wind.

It will be seen that the roofing material, as doubled or folded and secured, is reliably retained in position and provides a water and air tight roof, the same being light, inexpensive, and durable.

The clips 0 are concealed by the folded sheet, whereby rusting of the same and of the fastening nails or tacks is avoided. The limbs of the clips in contact with the board rest firmly against the same or are driven thereinto, whereby they hold the doubled or folded portions of the sheet tightly on the board,and are prevented from shifting should the sheet be forcibly struck by the Wind, so that the sheet is reliably retained in place on such occasion.

The roofing'sheets may be painted or otherwise coated or covered in any suitable manner.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A sheet of roofing material having its ends folded on the board or top of the root and secured by clips whi'ch'are covered bythe continuation of said roofing material, substautially as described.

2. A roofing-sheet folded at intervals, and clips secured to the same by nails driven into the board or top of the roof, substantially as described. v

3. A roofiugsheet folded at intervals, and clips secured to the folded or doubled portions and the board or top of the roof, said clips being of angular form, substantially as described.

WILLIAM H. FAY.

\Vitnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDnRsHniM, A. 1. GRANT. 

